Harm means something bad that hurts a person or thing. It often means physical damage or injury. You can feel harm on your body or see it on objects.
The fall caused harm to his leg.
The fire did great harm to the house.
To harm means to hurt or damage someone or something. It can mean physical or mental pain. People and things can be harmed by bad actions or accidents.
Smoking can harm your lungs.
Don't harm the plants in the garden.
Harm can also mean hurting someone's feelings or mind. It is not always about the body. Words or actions can cause emotional pain or sadness.
His words caused harm to her feelings.
Bullying can do great harm to people.
Harm is used in law to mean damage or loss to someone’s rights, money, or property. It is damage recognized by rules or laws.
The company suffered financial harm from the lawsuit.
Environmental harm is illegal in this country.
Harm can mean to damage nature or the environment. People’s actions like pollution or cutting trees can harm plants, animals, or air and water quality.
Factories harm the air with pollution.
We should not harm wildlife in parks.
Harm can mean a small negative effect or risk. Expressions like 'no harm done' mean no damage happened. It often appears in idioms to show there is little or no problem.
There is no harm in trying new things.
It won’t do any harm to ask for help.
